Very well done... I high-res photos you can add fur or hair in small chunks, in order not to get a blurred image. Always remember your followers to do selections that (roughly) don't exceed 1024 px in the longer side. This is the case also for the remove tool. Adobe provide a 1024x1024 max size generation: if you ask more it will do it, but it will stretches the generated image, blurring it. This is not a big deal: just use Generative AI in more steps, when needed. I'm not sure that the official version including Generative Fill will give more than 1024x1024. This because it would quadruple the time for generating a 2048x2048 image and the load on their cloud computer would be really very hard to bare... We will see. But in any case this is revolutionary tool and for now it's free! I hope they will maintain it free also in the official version. All the other generative Image AIs (Midjourney and so on) charge you with a quite expensive monthly fee for generating images.
This is a good work around in fixing the edges of hair. But as you mentioned in the video, if you ever needed to change the background later you would have to regenerate all the hair edges. I’m considering using a technique where I generate the hair edges on either a solid white or black background depending on the hair color. Then setting those generative layers to multiply (for the white background) or screen (for the black background). This would allow you to be able to change the background later as if you had cut out everything perfectly. I still need to experiment with it, but I think it could work.
The problem with Photoshop etc is that even when you think you know a lot is that in reality even the best of us (and, sadly, I am not close to being there) we realize there's unending amount of "more" too learn. Creative suggestions like you made here illustrate my point. Every "problem" presents us with the fun of finding a new solution.
Thanks 👍🏻 As for hair in out of focus / shallow DOF … I haven’t tried it on that so it might already work. If not then generating like this and adding blur afterwards would definitely work.
For sure generative fill is a godsend for fine detail replacement. Quicker and often produces better results than traditional manual techniques. I still do as much as I possibly can manually but like yourself I'll complete those difficult fine details using generative fill now.
Because it’s not always about speed and the need or want to get things done in the quickest time possible. The process of retouching and learning the skills is an enjoyable one.
I do a bit of car photography and removing number plates is a pain cos you can never match the body lines and colours exactly. Tried generative AI fill on it and it works a treat
I have struggled so many times with hair selection, I will try this method it could save me hours! For this video, have you used Beta 25? Because I had to update from 24.7 to 25.0 3 days ago and the quality of the results are very poor. I use genretive fill mainly to remove background elements or to recreate missing parts of the back ground and Beta 25 fails even with really simple task (ex: removing a separation bar between 2 parts of a grey wall: 24.7 did it very well, 25.0 keeps the bar and change the color of the background for a brighter grey, totally useless...).
@@glyndewis ok, thanks! I don't know why I got those bad results! I have found another person who deals with the same issue on the Adobe support community. Very strange because in my case, it is way easier to generate a piece of grey background than hair!
@@glyndewis new update an hour ago: from 25.0 to 25.0!! It is indeed a different version, the size of the file being slightly different. But is has not solved my problem... I have tried several things to figure it out and I have found that my colour issue happens on my photos which are in ProRGB. If i convert them to sRGB, the problem disappear: I mean the colours remain accurate. But the results I got when i try to remove some element are still bad...
It doesn't as it is at the moment, so this means altering the workflow and creating hair once the backgeround has been added in as opposed to before. This 'may' change in the future but is a quick fix fornow. You could turn off the background layer and temporarily as a white one then change blend mode or use 'Blend If' to show the hair only and not the white area.
The thing is you're losing texture was soon as your selection is bigger than 1024 px on the long side. I really hope Adobe removes that limitation. I don't mind waiting for even two minutes if the result is flawless. Right now the process of making multiple generative fills of 1024 px is a bit of a pain.
But this is just the hair / fur so you wouldn’t be making BIG selections PLUS the process of doing small areas is still quicker than manually ‘trying’ to do a good job with brushes etc… Also consider this is still Beta.
impressive, I've been watching a lot of AI fill videos but this is for sure the most compelling reason to use it
Glad you like it 👍🏻
Really good stuff from Adobe here. and I keep drooling when I think about what post-beta will offer!
Me too Roger ... REALLY looking forward to seeing how this develops 👍🏻
Fab, thank you Glyn, it's always been a massive challenge for me to cut out hair/edges perfectly, generative fill is a great solution.
Glad to hear this is useful Debbie
I'd be seriously impressed if adobe were to ever add the waiting elevator music
🤣
Amazing, thanks for sharing. I need to revisit some old favorite photos that I have struggled with.. 😊
Thanks for watching; hope the technique helps with the old favourites 👍🏻
Very well done... I high-res photos you can add fur or hair in small chunks, in order not to get a blurred image. Always remember your followers to do selections that (roughly) don't exceed 1024 px in the longer side. This is the case also for the remove tool. Adobe provide a 1024x1024 max size generation: if you ask more it will do it, but it will stretches the generated image, blurring it. This is not a big deal: just use Generative AI in more steps, when needed.
I'm not sure that the official version including Generative Fill will give more than 1024x1024. This because it would quadruple the time for generating a 2048x2048 image and the load on their cloud computer would be really very hard to bare... We will see. But in any case this is revolutionary tool and for now it's free!
I hope they will maintain it free also in the official version. All the other generative Image AIs (Midjourney and so on) charge you with a quite expensive monthly fee for generating images.
Excellent tutorial as always @glyn. Love the cheesy lift music too!
Glad you like it ... and the cheesy music 🤣
And this all is still in beta, just wait for final release and all the fancy tools that are yet to come. Cant wait for the MAX event in october
Yeah … exciting times for sure
This is a good work around in fixing the edges of hair. But as you mentioned in the video, if you ever needed to change the background later you would have to regenerate all the hair edges. I’m considering using a technique where I generate the hair edges on either a solid white or black background depending on the hair color. Then setting those generative layers to multiply (for the white background) or screen (for the black background). This would allow you to be able to change the background later as if you had cut out everything perfectly. I still need to experiment with it, but I think it could work.
Yeah could be worth investigating for sure 👍🏻
The problem with Photoshop etc is that even when you think you know a lot is that in reality even the best of us (and, sadly, I am not close to being there) we realize there's unending amount of "more" too learn.
Creative suggestions like you made here illustrate my point.
Every "problem" presents us with the fun of finding a new solution.
sweet music, and oh the video was great..
Couldn’t resist the elevator music 🤣
Thank Glyn! This will save me time with some fun work. Question though: what about hair in out-of-focus areas, of extreme shallow depth of field?
Thanks 👍🏻 As for hair in out of focus / shallow DOF … I haven’t tried it on that so it might already work. If not then generating like this and adding blur afterwards would definitely work.
Such a fantastic tool! I'm using it daily in my commercial work flow. Cant wait for the high res version to launch. TAKE MY MONEY 😂
😃
For sure generative fill is a godsend for fine detail replacement. Quicker and often produces better results than traditional manual techniques. I still do as much as I possibly can manually but like yourself I'll complete those difficult fine details using generative fill now.
Why would you want to do manually something that is done better and in a 1/100 time with Generative Fill?
Yeah totally with you there
Because it’s not always about speed and the need or want to get things done in the quickest time possible. The process of retouching and learning the skills is an enjoyable one.
thanks, you are doing great. My problem has solved.
Great
Great job!!
Thanks
I do a bit of car photography and removing number plates is a pain cos you can never match the body lines and colours exactly. Tried generative AI fill on it and it works a treat
Superb!
Awesome! 🎉
Thanks
Thank you Glyn
You’re welcome
Hey Mate...amazing!!!
Thank you Davide 👍🏻
Awsome !
Thanks 👍🏻
Good video again Glyn
Thank you
Cool. Did you also try it with text prompts ( ie. Facial hair/ beard… hair… fur ) ? Would like to see if it does any better for not much more work.
I didn't on these images becuase it worked so well without but have on others 👍🏻
People spend a fortune of money and time to remove hair, but you just showed some good examples of where to add it.
Cheers
That’s funny at 2:47 , I get always 3 variations only. Is there a setting I didn’t find yet?
Does it work for high resolution images? The final result is 300 dpi?
Great technique, but what if you need the subject on transparent background? :)
You’d have to use another method for now which is great because it shows again that AI is a tool and not here to replace what we do 👍🏻
I have struggled so many times with hair selection, I will try this method it could save me hours!
For this video, have you used Beta 25? Because I had to update from 24.7 to 25.0 3 days ago and the quality of the results are very poor. I use genretive fill mainly to remove background elements or to recreate missing parts of the back ground and Beta 25 fails even with really simple task (ex: removing a separation bar between 2 parts of a grey wall: 24.7 did it very well, 25.0 keeps the bar and change the color of the background for a brighter grey, totally useless...).
Hi There ... I'm using the latest Beta version for this which at the time of this is 25.0
@@glyndewis ok, thanks! I don't know why I got those bad results! I have found another person who deals with the same issue on the Adobe support community. Very strange because in my case, it is way easier to generate a piece of grey background than hair!
@@glyndewis new update an hour ago: from 25.0 to 25.0!! It is indeed a different version, the size of the file being slightly different. But is has not solved my problem...
I have tried several things to figure it out and I have found that my colour issue happens on my photos which are in ProRGB. If i convert them to sRGB, the problem disappear: I mean the colours remain accurate.
But the results I got when i try to remove some element are still bad...
Thanks for this. Is there still any resolution penalty using this solution?
If you only do small areas at a time like in the video then ther'es no issue. Once out of Beta I'm sure any resolution issues will be gone 👍🏻
Do you think it will be additionally payable once out of Beta?
You applied generative fill to gradient fill layer. How does it only generate for the man and exclude that gradient fill layer?
It doesn't as it is at the moment, so this means altering the workflow and creating hair once the backgeround has been added in as opposed to before. This 'may' change in the future but is a quick fix fornow. You could turn off the background layer and temporarily as a white one then change blend mode or use 'Blend If' to show the hair only and not the white area.
The thing is you're losing texture was soon as your selection is bigger than 1024 px on the long side. I really hope Adobe removes that limitation. I don't mind waiting for even two minutes if the result is flawless. Right now the process of making multiple generative fills of 1024 px is a bit of a pain.
But this is just the hair / fur so you wouldn’t be making BIG selections PLUS the process of doing small areas is still quicker than manually ‘trying’ to do a good job with brushes etc… Also consider this is still Beta.